We all find blogs and web sites that inspire and excite. Some become favorites that we check out regularly. Others are new ones we discover in the course of our web and blog explorations. Still more are referrals from quilting colleagues.
There are so many I’ve come across that give me ideas, encourage me, and let […]
The blog, Work From Home Momma, features an interview about my experiences in home businesses over the past 40 years, including my quilting one, Mea’s Quilts, operated during the Bicentennial Years. This interview, by Laura Spencer, is the first in her Work at Home Interview Series about women, particularly moms.
As Laura says, “Today’s interview is with […]
As I browsed around Jen’s so you wannabee a Domestik Goddess? blog I discovered a number of free quilt patterns.
Anna Maria Horner’s inner gypsy had to have been at play when she designed her 22 Lollipops Quilt and Bohemium Quilt - and the fabric collections that inspired them, too, mentions Jen.
The fabrics in the quilts shown […]
Fabrics depicting characters from children’s books seem popular with quilters and fabric artists. They’re also fun to use when making clothing for children, as I did when my daughter was small.
Were any of you brought up on the Dick and Jane reading books in grammar school? Do you have memories of learning to read when […]
If you operated a quilting or fabric arts business in the pre-Internet days, you’ve likely discovered that much promotion nowadays is connected with online applications. Even your business may have an online presence.
“I’ve always considered myself a PR pro,” comments crafts business expert, Barbara Brabec, in her current e-newsletter bulletin, “but what I was particularly good […]
Jennifer Chiaverini’s new book in the Elm Creek Quilt series, The Quilter’s Homecoming, (#19 on the NYTimes bestseller list!) takes you from Pennsylvania to California. We learn what happened to Sylvia’s favorite older cousin Elizabeth during those years when they didn’t hear much from her.
If you recall, in a previous novel, Sylvia wonders why they never heard from […]
Most customers/clients pay well and as agreed. However, no matter what aspect of quilting or fabric arts business you’re involved in, you’ll likely run into someone who is late with their payment or doesn’t pay at all.
I’ve not encountered many who didn’t pay me. I found, when someone was late, the situation usually could be […]
You’ll notice a new look to Quilting and Patchwork. I love it! What about you?
The folks at b5media have been changing the templates, and sometimes the colors, to our blogs. I wasn’t sure what I’d find when mine was finished. But I’m very impressed with what the b5media designers have come up with for me.
Let […]
Quilters with blogs usually enjoy hearing from other quilters and fabric artists in the form of comments. Some write their blogs simply as an outlet and a way to share what they’re doing.
Others, who perceive their quilting as a business, find that comments usually relate to visitor views and are helpful in getting an idea of what […]
Quilters and fabric artists often have what seems like tons of leftover fabric they plan to use for a future project. Or they purchase fabric then don’t find a way to incorporate it into any of their projects.
At Layers Upon Layers, I discovered an ideal way to use your leftover fabric…swatch portraits. Cyndi seems intrigued […]
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